Any recommendation for a mechanic in monterey peninsula area?

Can't help ya' with a reco for a good mechanic in your neck o' the woods, but I did want to say hello and welcome you to FChat. It's a great bunch of guys we've got here in the NorCal area...hope to see you at a meet/drive some day!

Aaron

 

Although he is not an official "Ferrari Mechanic", Classic Coachworks in downtown Monterey re-built my transmission two years ago. They did a first class job on it and were very resonable on the prices. We asked several local sports car owners for recommendations and they recommended CC without any hesitation.

Marc

 

Fiorano Motors near the Airport will do a great job.They handle alot of repairs during the Concorso and Monterey Historics.They are even on-call during Sundays during the concorso/Historics weekend.

 

I posed the same question several mos ago r/e repairs on the Mont peninsula and Fiorano came up as a possible; one guy later PM'd me about a bad experience with them. Anybody have any PERSONAL, recent experience with them or any other facility in the Monterey/Santa Cruz area?

 

He's not in Monterey, but Brian Crall is a stand-up guy. (east bay.)

 

i have heard ggod things about fiorano motors also.. ive had my 355 here on the peninsula for several months...havent needed any service...yet but im sure thats where im gonna go....

 

get the 355 if you can dude..it be great to have another here on the peninsula to cruise with....i have a blk/blk 99 spider.what were you thinking on gettingif you get a 355??

 

well id be happy to take you for aride....but after that im sure youll have no choice but to commit then!! mines an f1 not a 6speed though so youd have to settle for that.... od yeah ill be showing ant the concourse italiano also.

 

you tell me?? coffee? i live and work in carmel so for me its easy...you?

 

Are you aware of the 355's problem with their headers?
Before you buy a used one, don't forget to check it for cracks.

 

That was most likely me--if it was more like at least a year or more ago. I PMd somebody about Fiorano, which is essentially John Bagioli (because most people do not work for him for very long). New evidence of the bad work done on the ground-up restoration of my Maserati Bora has surfaced since I wrote that info.

I sold the Bora to a gentlemen in Kentucky. I had made the car as close to perfect as possible before shipping it. However, the person that did the last of the work pointed out that it had an oil leak at the valve cover was created by John trying to fix a previous leak by sandwiching two gaskets together. Didn't work. Although John denies it, I saw this kludge myself. Also, the last mechanic pointed out that although the carb linkage had been bead-blasted, the linkage was never painted or primed and was rusting up. The mechanic also found that the tranny fluid was never changed in the course of the restoration.

As I might have mentioned before, the fellow who painted the car (Dave Smith of Salinas) said that the Bora job was the first and last time he would ever work with John Bagiola.

Finally, and worst of all, the engine and transmission started developing problems after delivery to the new owner. He had a mechanic in his area take apart the engine. The results were sent to me via email, and in May of 2005 I showed these emails to a mechanic in whom I have a lot of trust. He pronounced the failure by John to do certain things as a part of an engine overhaul as unacceptible.

John never sent me a final tally of all the work performed, which is a violation of California state law. When I called the dept of cumsumer affairs (Bureau of Automotive Repairs) a couple years ago while I was repeatedly reminding John to send the final bill, I found that he was NOT licensed.

I believe the John has the talent and mechanical knowhow to work on cars, and he's a real nice guy, but he is (or was) a flake. He has problems. Maybe he has addressed these problems. Maybe he's got his act together after pissing off many, many people.

I have heard of someone else in Monterey who is an excellent mechanic. Maybe that is the one mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

 

weather permitting....which doesnt seem promising im sure that ill be free..ill call you when i know for sure

 

Yikes, this is very scary

 

sorry i missed you yestersday. i couldnt get free till the afternoon. sure the waether will break soon then will go for a ride!!